January 1945

Western Europe

In the XII Corps area, the 7th Armored Division fights indecisively near Montfort. The 52nd Division takes Laffeld and Obspringen. Waldenrath falls to the 43rd Division.

In the VII Corps area, the 84th Division and attached elements of the 3rd Armored Division seize Gouvy and Beho. The 4th Cavalry Group sector is pinched out.

In the XVIII (Airborne) Corps area, the 75th Division takes Commanster and the wood to the northeast. The 30th Division secures Hinderhausen, Sart-lez-St Vith, Ober Emmels, and Nieder Emmels. The 7th Armored Division's CCA, assisted by the task force of CCB, clears Hunningen. A reconnaissance party from the 38th Armored Infantry Battalion is prevented by a roadblock from entering St Vith.

In the VIII Corps area, units of CCA, 11th Armored Division, enter the Bois de Rouvroy and cross the Luxembourg border without enocuntering the enemy. The 17th Airborne Division occupies Steinbach and Limerle.

In the III Corps area, CCB of the 6th Armored Division enters Basbellain. CCA takes Asselborn and Weiler. The 359th Infantry of the 90th Division occupies Donnange, Deiffelt, Stockem, and Rumlange. Elements of the 357th moves to Boxhorn and Sassel. The 26th Division and the 6th Cavalry Group finish clearing Wiltz and secure Eschweiler, Knaphoscheid, and Kleinhoscheid. The 28th Cavalry Squadron proceeds through Weicherdange.

In the XII Corps area, the 4th Division gains ground along the west bank of the Our River and takes Walsdorf but is still unable to clear Fuhren. The 5th Division continues northward with the 10th Infantry on the right and the 11th on the left, taking Gralingen and the high ground east of Nachtmanderscheid. 80th Division elements move into the Wiltz area, using routes cleared by the 6th Cavalry Group.

In the XX Corps area, the German regain about half of Nennig from the 302nd Infantry, 94th Division.

In the XV Corps area, the 101st Airborne Division closes in the Drulingen-Sarraltroff region.

The VI Corps improves its defenses and regroups. Because of enemy concentrations, the outpost line of the 103rd Division is withdrawn from Offwiller and outpost of the 79th Division pull back to the Moder River line.

The II Corps begins a southward drive on Colmar, in the region between Sélestat and Ostheim, which, in conjunction with the I Corps' northward attack, is aimed at enveloping and destroying the Colmar Pocket. The 3 assault divisions--the US 3rd, the 5th Armored, and the Moroccan 1st Infantry--are protected by the French 2nd Armored Division, holding the Rhine Plain. The US 3rd leads off, attacking at 2100 southeastward across the Fecht River at Guemar. To the west, the US 28th Division conducts raids during the night.